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Offline Devdead

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creacking doors - not the rubber seals
« on: 15 September 2025, 20:31 »
Hi everyone, i have a creak coming from inside the door / behind the door cards when the body twists
I thought it was the rubber trim so I lubricated all of them and sprayed silicone spray on the hinges

but the issue didn't go away, and i can hear it from all doors
I made this video recording of the noise in case anyone knows what it could be


Offline Dogman12

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Re: creacking doors - not the rubber seals
« Reply #1 on: Today at 16:15 »
I have the same. But I noticed that it almost goes away when the car is clean. I haven't paid a lot of attention to it since it only started, and now it is pretty warm, so the windows are mostly down.

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Re: creacking doors - not the rubber seals
« Reply #2 on: Today at 16:20 »
I have the same. But I noticed that it almost goes away when the car is clean. I haven't paid a lot of attention to it since it only started, and now it is pretty warm, so the windows are mostly down.

I wash the car quite often - a couple of times a month and even sprayed silicone spray in the window tracks hoping it will help
Unfortunately it doesn't go away

The only thing left to do is to remove a door card and see if i can pinpoint the creak
I was hoping someone on the forum managed to find the source already

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Re: creacking doors - not the rubber seals
« Reply #3 on: Today at 17:38 »
Before you start pulling it to bits, from personal experience I would try (a) clean seals with isopropyl to strip  wax residue, (b) treat rubber door seals with Gummi Pfledge and then (c) lube the furry / felt-like seals with this stuff - worked for me - mine were driving me bananas. Thanks to member Carlosfandango for the recommendation - the lube is great👍

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Re: creacking doors - not the rubber seals
« Reply #4 on: Today at 20:33 »
Before you start pulling it to bits, from personal experience I would try (a) clean seals with isopropyl to strip  wax residue, (b) treat rubber door seals with Gummi Pfledge and then (c) lube the furry / felt-like seals with this stuff - worked for me - mine were driving me bananas. Thanks to member Carlosfandango for the recommendation - the lube is great👍


I already lubricated them several times with Gummi Pfledge and sprayed silicone spray in all the possible places
But I did not try cleaning it with isopropyl alcohol and then re-applying
So i'll try that and hopefully it will help